Six found shot dead in Germany

German police specialists outside a building in the German town of Sittensen near Hamburg where a man found six people bound…

German police specialists outside a building in the German town of Sittensen near Hamburg where a man found six people bound and shot dead in a Chinese restaurant. Photo: REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen

Six bodies were found bound and shot dead today at a Chinese restaurant in northern Germany.

The corpses were found in the town of Sittensen, said police in the state of Lower Saxony, south of Hamburg.

They were discovered by a man whose wife was among the dead.

One of the restaurant's employees was still alive but suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound.

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The dead were three men and three women. They were found in different rooms in the restaurant. "In all probability the victims are Asian," police said.

A manhunt in the area had begun, but a possible motive is not yet known, police added.

Agencies